Education

An article published on The Diplomat magazine has looked for the reason behind an increasing number of people in the Republic of Korea learning Vietnamese, a less familiar language compared to English.

A forum on Vietnam – China tertiary education took place in Hanoi, gathering representatives from 30 Chinese universities with high global ranking.

The Ministry of Education and Training has permitted more private universities to offer medical courses starting in 2018-19.

For the past ten years, people in Vietnam have begun to refer to Montessori as a great educational method for children, especially those aged six years or less.

Newton Grammar School in Hanoi has asked George Washington International School to prove its right to legally operate in Vietnam so that the two sides can continue the training co-operation.

BAA Training has recently announced the establishment of a new company in Vietnam - BAA Training Vietnam – which will operate a training center with four full flight simulators and an Ab Initio flight school by 2023.

Singapore's Kinderworld Education Group has announced plans to open a branch in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

Pupils of different grades in a mountainous commune of Thanh Hoa Province have to sit in the same classroom due to a shortage of classrooms.

The Ministry of Education and Training will reduce the enrollment quota for teaching majors in the 2018-19 academic year by 33 per cent compared to the figure of last year.

Kindermusik, a music education programme aimed at children, was launched at the Soul Music & Performing Arts Academy in Ho Chi Minh City, on April 14, by the Asia Music and Performing Arts Education (AMPA).

The authorities of the Central Highland province of Gia Lai plans to terminate the labour contracts of some 1,400 teachers in an effort to comply with the Politburo’s resolution to streamline the contingent of public and civil workers.

Vietnam currently has five universities named in the top 400 in Asia ranked by the World University Ranking.

The headmaster of a primary school in the southern province of Soc Trang Province has just resigned because many grade 2 pupils at his school still can’t read.

A high school teacher in HCM City has been suspended for not talking or giving lectures to pupils for weeks.

Educational initiatives with practical applications to improve teaching, learning, and research will be awarded a total of VND700 million under the 2018 Young Intellectual for Education Programme.

Property developer Vingroup on April 3 signed a strategic cooperation agreement with US-based Cornell University and University of Pennsylvania.

For students at Nguyễn Bá Ngọc Primary School in Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk’s Krông Pắc District where 90 per cent of students are ethnic, Êđê language lessons are always the ones they love most.

The construction of a green education ecosystem - the International Education City (IEC) invested by Nguyen Hoang Group (NHG), has commenced in the central province of Quang Ngai.

Vietnamese students have won four gold medals at the 15th Hanoi Maths Open Contest.